Moreover, the ancient genomes do not ... contrary to previous interpretations, the Green Sahara was not a corridor connecting Northern and sub-Saharan Africa. The study provides critical new ...

Ancient North African genomes rewrite Sahara’s genetic history According to Ringbauer, a long-standing hypothesis has suggested that the Pastoralists of the Green Sahara originated from sub-Saharan ...

Their analyses revealed the green Sahara individuals likely branched off from the ancestors of sub-Saharan Africans roughly ...

This was an epoch between 14,500 and 5,000 years ago when the Sahara Desert was transformed into a lush green savanna with ... than people living outside of Africa had, but more than contemporary ...

Now, scientists aiming to understand the origins of inhabitants of the “green Sahara ... that linked sub-Saharan Africa to Northern Africa despite the Sahara’s hospitable conditions at ...

Sequencing of 7,000-year-old human genomes from when the Sahara Desert was green suggest that ... data from 795 present-day and 117 ancient individuals from Africa, southwest Asia and Europe.

Today, the Sahara Desert is a hot and dry belt of sand stretching across much of northern Africa. But between 15,000 and 5,000 years ago it would have been full of rivers, plants and people. New ...

The spread of migratory herding in the Green Sahara probably occurred through cultural exchange. Neandertal genetic traces: The ancient individuals had significantly less Neandertal DNA compared to ...

An international team has sequenced the first ancient genomes from the so-called Green Sahara, a period when ... human lineages that spread outside of Africa around 50,000 years ago.

The spread of pastoralism in the Green Sahara "Our research ... the importance of ancient DNA for reconstructing human history in regions like Central Northern Africa, providing independent ...